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Orange Beach fitness trainer accused of selling steroids
By Theresa Seiger | tseiger@al.com on July 13, 2015
Thomas Daniel Williams, 44, was arrested by U.S. Marshals on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (Courtesy of the Mobile County Sheriff's Office)
A federal grand jury will hear the case against an Orange Beach fitness trainer accused of distributing thousands of dollars worth of anabolic steroids over the course of two years, according to court records.
Thomas Daniel Williams, 44, is accused of importing steroids from China and the Ukraine for distribution in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, according to a complaint filed on June 29 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
From February 2012 to July 2014, investigators said Williams transferred more than $17,000 to China and $610 to the Ukraine to purchase steroids for distribution on the Gulf Coast.
FBI Special Agent Ketrick Kelley started investigating Williams in January 2014. A confidential informant claimed Williams sold steroids, cocaine and hydrocodone, among other substances, Kelley wrote in an affidavit filed in court with the complaint.
Three months later, Kelley recovered an empty bottle of Taitropin, a human growth hormone, and five used syringes from Williams' trash.
Days after that, Williams posted a video to his Facebook page from the Interstate Mullet Toss competition at the Flora-Bama. In the video he says "I'm making a video for my new store online, steroids.com," according to Kelley.
In June and again in August 2014, authorities said Williams sold a blend of testosterone compounds called Sustanon 300 and methyl testosterone to an FBI informant.
A month later, in September, FBI agents descended on Williams' home in Orange Beach with a search warrant in hand. Investigators seized a variety of steroids, syringes and bottles, among other items.
After the search, Kelley interviewed Williams. The 44-year-old "admitted to purchasing, using and selling steroids," Kelley wrote.
Authorities argued Williams was a danger to the community in a July 1 motion to have him detained but U.S. Magistrate Judge William Cassady denied the motion on July 2.
Court records indicate he was required to surrender his passport as a condition of his bond, which he did on July 7.
It was not immediately clear when a grand jury would hear the case.
According to Baldwin County Circuit Court records, Williams last faced charges following a bar fight at The Wharf in Orange Beach in December 2013.
He was charged with one count of third-degree assault. A jury found him not guilty in January 2015.
By Theresa Seiger | tseiger@al.com on July 13, 2015
Thomas Daniel Williams, 44, was arrested by U.S. Marshals on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (Courtesy of the Mobile County Sheriff's Office)A federal grand jury will hear the case against an Orange Beach fitness trainer accused of distributing thousands of dollars worth of anabolic steroids over the course of two years, according to court records.
Thomas Daniel Williams, 44, is accused of importing steroids from China and the Ukraine for distribution in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, according to a complaint filed on June 29 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
From February 2012 to July 2014, investigators said Williams transferred more than $17,000 to China and $610 to the Ukraine to purchase steroids for distribution on the Gulf Coast.
FBI Special Agent Ketrick Kelley started investigating Williams in January 2014. A confidential informant claimed Williams sold steroids, cocaine and hydrocodone, among other substances, Kelley wrote in an affidavit filed in court with the complaint.
Three months later, Kelley recovered an empty bottle of Taitropin, a human growth hormone, and five used syringes from Williams' trash.
Days after that, Williams posted a video to his Facebook page from the Interstate Mullet Toss competition at the Flora-Bama. In the video he says "I'm making a video for my new store online, steroids.com," according to Kelley.
In June and again in August 2014, authorities said Williams sold a blend of testosterone compounds called Sustanon 300 and methyl testosterone to an FBI informant.
A month later, in September, FBI agents descended on Williams' home in Orange Beach with a search warrant in hand. Investigators seized a variety of steroids, syringes and bottles, among other items.
After the search, Kelley interviewed Williams. The 44-year-old "admitted to purchasing, using and selling steroids," Kelley wrote.
Authorities argued Williams was a danger to the community in a July 1 motion to have him detained but U.S. Magistrate Judge William Cassady denied the motion on July 2.
Court records indicate he was required to surrender his passport as a condition of his bond, which he did on July 7.
It was not immediately clear when a grand jury would hear the case.
According to Baldwin County Circuit Court records, Williams last faced charges following a bar fight at The Wharf in Orange Beach in December 2013.
He was charged with one count of third-degree assault. A jury found him not guilty in January 2015.